Legal Opinion
Olson v. Rugloski
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 23, 1979No. 48498PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
Defendant State Automobile and Casualty Underwriters appeals from a judgment of the Ramsey County District Court awarding plaintiff $35,000 punitive damages and $7,500 compensatory damages for defendant’s wilful, wanton, and malicious refusal to pay insurance proceeds. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
Plaintiff, Mandus Olson, operates a trucking company and has insured his trucks with defendant State Automobile and Casualty Underwriters since 1969. In 1975, Olson was informed that State Automobile and Casualty Underwriters was leaving the state and that he would have to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Wild v. RarigSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
- Cut Price Super Markets v. Kingpin Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
- Northern Petrochemical Co. v. Thorsen & Thorshov, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
- Francis v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Beaulieu v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Langeland v. Farmers State Bank of TrimontSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
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